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Biological Classification

The general mode of nutrition in Kingdom Animalia, characterized by the ingestion of food, is biologically termed:

According to the NCERT textbook, animals are strict heterotrophs that must consume organic matter. Their specific mode of nutrition involves directly taking in solid or liquid food particles into an internal digestive cavity where enzymes break it down. This specific process of ingestion-based nutrition is biologically termed 'holozoic' nutrition, distinct from the absorptive nutrition seen in fungi.

Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology > Chapter 2: Biological Classification > 2.5 Kingdom Animalia

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Digestive System

Process of taking food into the mouth is called:

The correct answer is B: Ingestion. In Digestive System, this idea is central because it matches how the body actually works in everyday teaching examples. Put simply, this is mainly a definition check, and Ingestion is the standard term or meaning used in Digestive System. That is why Ingestion is the option that holds up when you check it against basic physiology. When you revise, say the answer out loud with one short reason attached; that sticks better than rote lists. Remember that physiology questions reward precise language: name the process, the location, and the outcome, then match th

Ref: Animal physiology is Unit 7 of the CSIR NET Life Science Syllabus, covering core body systems. It accounts for roughly 10% of the total marks in Sections B and C.

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